In today’s interconnected age, your personal data is more than just a collection of facts—it defines your identity. Ensuring its accuracy and protecting it from misuse is essential.

Unfortunately, multinational due diligence firms, which assist financial institutions and corporations in complying with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Anti-Terrorism Financing (ATF) regulations, often gather and process your information without your consent. This data is shared with banks and large corporations, and when it’s inaccurate, the consequences can be severe.

The Consequences of Inaccurate Data

Errors in your personal data can have an immediate and disruptive impact on your life. Your bank account might be unexpectedly closed, a loan application denied, or your financial reputation unfairly damaged—all due to mishandled or incorrect information.

How We Assist You

Ali Yildiz, in partnership with prominent UK barrister Michael Polak, is dedicated to protecting your rights and ensuring fairness in matters related to your personal data. Their commitment to justice is reflected in their extensive work in the field, including the co-authorship of a landmark report for the International Journalists Association (IJA), titled “Weaponization of Anti-Terror Financing Measures: The Turkish Government’s New Transnational Repression Tool to Silence its Critics.”

This pivotal report uncovers the Turkish government’s exploitation of anti-terror financing laws—measures intended to combat terrorism financing but instead weaponized to target critics living abroad. Through their research, Ali Yildiz and Michael Polak highlight the urgent need to safeguard individual rights against such unjust practices by autocratic regimes.

Our Services

• Access to Your Data: We assist you in discovering what information due diligence companies are collecting and processing about you.
• Verify Accuracy: We ensure that your personal data is accurate, complete, and current.
• Correct or Remove Errors: If any inaccuracies or unjustified data are identified, we tirelessly advocate for their correction or removal, helping you restore your financial integrity and peace of mind.

Why Partner With Us?

With deep expertise in data protection and due diligence processes, we are your trusted allies in safeguarding your personal information. Our proactive, customized approach ensures your rights are respected, and your data is managed with the utmost care and accuracy.

Ali Yildiz and Michael Polak’s report also underscores the broader issues surrounding the misuse of anti-terror financing measures. It calls on international and domestic authorities to address these abuses and outlines critical topics such as:

• Transnational repression campaigns and asset-freezing mechanisms.
• Amendments to anti-terror financing laws and their unintended consequences.
• The exploitation of international financial institutions by authoritarian regimes.

This unwavering dedication to exposing systemic flaws and defending individual freedoms reflects our commitment to helping you reclaim control over your personal data.

Take back control of your personal information today. Contact us to learn how we can guide you through the complexities of data privacy and protect your financial future

Ali Yildiz and Justice Abroad Director, Michael Polak publish a report on the weaponization of anti-terror financing measures